Talk:List of counties in Massachusetts
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[edit] Wikiproject help
Some helpful information on U.S. county lists can be found at WP:COUNTYLISTS. Tompw (talk) (review) 16:26, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] references
I couldn't figure out where the references go. I edited the dates of abolition of some of the counties according to: http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/34b-1.htm
ALSO, I may have reached the end of my resources on one question: Does Suffolk County still exist? It is mentioned in MA Gen Law 34B sec 1 (as above), but only in relation to the registry of deeds. The county is not explicitly abolished.
I found somewhere else on the web that said it was abolished 2005 and a third place that says it was eliminated in July 2007. I can't seem to find either of these now, though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bpotato (talk • contribs) 10:28, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Suffolk status?
Article consolidated city-county says that the consolidation relationship between Suffolk County and Boston ended in 1999. This article says it persists. The article Suffolk County, Massachusetts says the county government was dissolved; this site says it is "substantially unchanged". Which is correct? AJD 16:55, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Further useless data
I actually emailed someone at the state (cis@sec.state.ma.us) who answered saying that one of the sites (one I mentioned above) says Suffolk was abolished as per Gen Law 34B sec 1. however, as mentioned, this law really doesn't say that Suffolk is abolished. I'd call the city of Boston and see if I could get clarification, but I'm not sure who to call... hm. The mayor's office? Does someone have a better idea? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bpotato (talk • contribs) 20:06, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
